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Junkman EP

by Old Time Religion

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1.
Junkman 03:12
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I sold my heart to the junkman. And I’ll never fall in love again. Baba sure enough I do; oh well well. I been crazy.
2.
Lost and Found 04:32
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Your mother was a tailor on the plantation Sewed up the white men’s new blue jeans Your father he’s the owner And he gambles down in New Orleans There’s only one thing for a mulatta girl to do Get herself a ticket and a trunk And get that steamboat all the way to New Orleans Watch the white men getting drunk Get that riverboat all the way to New Orleans Get yourself lost and found I think it’s time for you to follow Do what your big sister done Lives her life in luxury Under the sign of the Rising Sun She’s waiting for you down by the river Waiting in the pouring rain Waiting for you to come to New Orleans Leave behind your ball and chain
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Crossroads 05:34
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You wanna make me fall but you won’t catch me Up jumped the devil; he won’t catch me Sun going down boy; dark gonna catch me here You can run you can run Tell my friend, boy, Willy Brown I’m standing at the crossroads. Babe I believe I’m sinking down
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In the Pines 05:06
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Black girl black girl don’t you lie to me Black girl black girl don’t lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? When you came home you weren’t talking right. In the pines, in the pines, in the pines Where the sun never shines I shivered all night long I shivered all alone

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The Junkman EP songs take for their lyrics lines from American folk and popular music, and refashion them to tell new stories.
These stories often reference race relations; a fundamental element of the work of Old Time Religion has been exploring in music the interaction between the folk traditions of Europe and Africa. Sometimes only a single line is used, replacing a detailed narrative with an image that, given its history, we think carries sufficient weight to justify repetition.

Old Time Religion has been committed to exploring the relations between English language folk music and African folk music for some years now, delving as far back as the early 1500’s in England, and how the English language of that time, crossed with the song of Africa, informs the folk music of America. We are proud to follow the great tradition of folk musicians borrowing from great ones who went before, in homage and with the greatest respect, to produce something new that reflects on our times.

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released June 24, 2021

Crossroads features the vocals of Saki Ayandokun
all tracks written by Wilkinson / Boothman
EP produced by Andy Boothman for Point of Presence

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